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Margot Arce de Vázquez was born on 10 March, 1904 in Caguas, Puerto Rico, is a Puerto Rican activist and writer. Discover Margot Arce de Vázquez's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?
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writer, essayist and educator |
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86 years old |
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Pisces |
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10 March, 1904 |
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10 March |
| Birthplace |
Caguas, Puerto Rico |
| Date of death |
1990 |
| Died Place |
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico |
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Puerto Rican
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Margot Arce de Vázquez Height, Weight & Measurements
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Margot Arce de Vázquez Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Margot Arce de Vázquez worth at the age of 86 years old? Margot Arce de Vázquez’s income source is mostly from being a successful activist. She is from Puerto Rican. We have estimated Margot Arce de Vázquez's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Dr. Margot Arce de Vázquez (March 10, 1904 – November 14, 1990) was a writer, essayist and educator who founded the Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Language.
Arce de Vázquez was born and raised in Caguas, Puerto Rico, where she received her primary and secondary education.
In 1922, she graduated from that city's Central High School and following her graduation enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras, San Juan.
As a university student she sympathized with the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and became involved in the independence movement of the island.
She was also the editor of the university's newspaper where she often expressed her views.
After she majored and earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics and Spanish she went to Spain and enrolled in the Central University of Madrid.
Among her educators were the essayist Américo Castro and the poet Dámaso Alonso.
Their teachings influenced Arce de Vázquez for the rest of her life.
In 1930, she earned her doctorate in philosophy and letters.
Her thesis was about Garcilaso de la Vega, a work which she would publish later in her life.
When Arce de Vázquez returned to Puerto Rico, she was hired by her alma mater.
She founded the Department of Hispanic Studies and was its director from 1943 to 1965.
Among the distinguished Puerto Ricans she influenced were Luis de Arrigoitia, Mariano Feliciano, José Ferrer Canales and Rosario Ferré.
Two of her most important works were: Notas Puertorriqueñas (1950) (Puerto Rican Notes) and Gabriela Mistral, persona y poesía (1958) (Gabriela Mistral: The Poet and her Work).
These works were highly acclaimed and received awards from the Puerto Rican Institute of Literature.
In 1953, she helped organize and presided over the committee in charge of transferring the body of Puerto Rican poet Julia De Burgos from New York City to the island.
In 1955, Arce de Vázquez founded the Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Language.
During her spare time she wrote essays expressing her pro-independence views, which were published in many of the island's magazines and newspapers.
Arce de Vázquez edited the works of Puerto Rican poet Luis Palés Matos.
The Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Language bestowed upon Arce de Vázquez the title of "Profesora Emeritus" upon her retirement in 1970.
Dr. Margot Arce de Vázquez died on November 14, 1990, in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico from Alzheimer's disease.
She was buried at the Puerto Rico Memorial Cemetery in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
In 1996, the Río Piedras Rotary Club dedicated the 50th anniversary issue of their magazine Asomante to the memory of Arce de Vázquez and to Nilita Vientos Gastón.
Also in 1996, the Central University of Bayamón honored her memory by renaming their library after her.
